Ethical Use of Facial Recognition Technology in Law Enforcement: Policy & Process Before Technology
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This conference workshop presentation focuses on post-investigative image identification with the assistance of Facial Recognition Technology (FRT). FRT, by itself, does not produce probable cause to arrest. The technology does, however, provide a valuable lead as the first step in an image identification process. Any image identification process that includes FRT should put policy before the technology. This session provides appropriate use guidelines, best practices, and policy recommendations. The session also discusses what to look for in a FRT vendor, address bias concerns, and discuss training opportunities.
Joseph Courtesis
Inspector
JCour-Consulting LLC
Inspector Joseph Courtesis (New York, NY) Retired, after approximately 27 years of service from the NYPD. Former Commander of the 105th and 106th Precincts, Central Investigations Division, and the NYPD?s Real Time Crime Center. Joseph provided technical assistance in hundreds of high-profile investigations. Joseph is recognized as a subject matter expert with investigative technology and facial recognition policy. Founder and President of JCour-Consulting LLC, a law enforcement consultant firm that provides assistance to technology companies to ensure products comply with ethical use policies. Additionally, Joseph is an active member of the Crime Prevention Committee, International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and the Security & Integrity Group, Biometric Institute
Nicole Spaun
Senior Manager of Criminal Justice Training and Development
IDEMIA
Dr. Nicole Spaun is the Senior Manager for Criminal Justice Training and Development for IDEMIA. Previously she worked as the Principal Face Biometric Expert for IDEMIA-National Security Solutions, our federal side of the company. She earned a Bachelor?s degree in Planetary Sciences from Boston University and her MS and PhD in Geological Sciences from Brown University while involved with NASA?s Galileo mission, performing image analysis of the spacecraft data. Dr. Spaun then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at NASA?s Ames Research Center. Motivated by the attacks of 9/11, she switched focus and started at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Using her image analysis skills as a Forensic Image Examiner, she specialized in biometrics and photogrammetry including publishing papers on techniques for facial identification that culminated in the development and deployment of an FBI training program for facial comparisons. Dr. Spaun left the FBI to become the first Biometrics Program Manager for US Army Europe in Germany and at the end of her tour worked for MITRE at Aberdeen Proving Grounds. Today she works for Idemia overseeing and conducting training for examiners and law enforcement on Facial Comparison and working with product improvement. She is a member of the Facial Identification Scientific Working Group and an associate member of the International Association of Identification?s Subcommittee on Facial Identification. Dr. Spaun is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at both the University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) and the forensic science department of George Mason University (GMU).
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